Broom-supporter



- (No Model.)

B. KINNEY. BROOMSUPPORTER.

No. 409,152. Patented Aug. 13, 1889 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT KINNEY, OF WEATHERLY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE MARSH AND EDWARD C. HALL, BOTH OF ST. ANTHONY PARK,

MINNESOTA.

BROOM-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,152, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed July 6, 1888. Serial No. 279,180. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT KINNEY, a citizen of the United States of America,residing at Weatherly, in the county of Carbon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

to My improvement in broom-supporters c011- sists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, whereby a very useful and inexpensive article is produced, substantially as hereinafter more fully shown, I 5 described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my broom-supporter, showing the broom suspended by its bracket. Fig. 2 is a front view of the bracket. Fig. 3 is a detail view thereof, showing the sleeve and hook; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the hook-bearin g sleeve applied to a whisk-broom.

The obj eet of my invention is to produce an inexpensive broom-holder for floor or whisk 2 5 brooms which may be removed therefrom to each successive new broom as an old one is worn out and a new one supersedes it.

In constructing my broom-supporter I rigidly secure to the metallic sleeve or thimble A the downwardly-curved hook Z), and through 0 said sleeve project broom-handle O, which is held secured in position at any desired point by means of the rubber ring (if, the hook I when holding the broom, being secured in poekete of bracket f. The bracket f consists 5 of a suitable wooden block g, having secured thereto the metallic facing h, wherein is provided. pocket 1' for reception of hook j. The metallic sleeve A, when not in use, may be slid down on the broom, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, or it maybe held rigidly in place by the band it encircling the broom-handle,

as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In the application of my broom-supporter to whisk-brooms the sleeve A is retained on the 4 5 broom-handle by the rubber band A, as shown in Fig. 4.

I claim as my invention A broom-supporter consisting of the sleeve having a hook and held 011 the broom-handle by a rubber ring, and a bracket having a pocket, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT KINNEY.

Witnesses:

ANDREW BITTER, ANDREW J. PAUL. 

